heartiness

Example Sentences

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Sour cream and cheese to add tang; pinto beans and red salsa for heartiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Recipe developer Erika uses Roma tomatoes, which have a heartiness that holds up well to the hit from an indoor or outdoor grill.

From Salon • May 4, 2022

A few minutes later, the dumplings become fluffy, moist and tender, adding a homey heartiness to what is already a pot of feel-good food.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022

Tony, for all his heartiness, has spent a lifetime believing he’s too homely and stupid to marry.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021

Her men-friends would assume a sort of forced heartiness, and ask me jocular questions about history or painting, guessing I had not long left school and that this would be my only form of conversation.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier